Name: Easy Baked Salmon
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 25 min
Ingredients: 2-3 pounds salmon; 1 tablespoon olive oil; 2 teaspoons sea salt; 1 teaspoon ground black pepper; 2 teaspoons garlic powder; 2 lemons, one sliced and one for serving; 1 bunch fresh parsley, chopped

Salmon is not only healthy, but can be made easily for a weeknight meal. Baked salmon is cooked right in the oven with just a few ingredients and in under 30 minutes. So if you are looking for a quick and delicious way to cook salmon, look no further.

Other salmon recipes we love: Brown Sugar Salmon or Air Fryer Salmon from frozen.

Baked Salmon in Foil

This salmon recipe is super simple to make!! Don’t be scared of salmon, make it for your fam!! You will feel like a rockstar, making something so delicious and knowing that they are getting all the good nutrients salmon provides. You will all be smarter from this one!!

Ingredients for Oven Baked Salmon

Salmon really provides all of the flavor on its own, so you don’t need a lot of additional ingredients fort this recipe. All you will need to make this baked salmon recipe is the following:

salmon– this can be either skin on or skinless, we have cooked this recipe with both
olive oil– or another cooking oil such as avocado oil
sea salt– table salt will work as well, you might just need to use a little bit more since sea salt is a bigger flake
ground black pepper
garlic powder
lemons– one sliced and one for serving
fresh parsley

See the recipe card at the bottom for full ingredient amounts and recipe instructions.

uncooked salmon, topped with lemon slices on a piece of foil

How to Bake Salmon in the Oven

Start by lining a baking sheet with foil, I had to use two sheets overlaying each other to get enough to wrap around the salmon and provide it room to steam inside.

Next, drizzle the salmon with olive oil and season with a simple spice rub of sea salt, ground black pepper and garlic powder.

After the salmon is seasoned, simply pinch the sides of the foil together and create a little tent above the salmon. Make sure all the sides of the foil are all pinched in and that there are no open holes that the steam can sneak out from. You’ve got this!! Feed Your Fam!

The salmon is baked in a 425ºF oven for about 20-25 minutes.

If you have an instant read thermometer you can bake it until it reaches 135ºF and then let it rest in the foil for about 5 more minutes before serving. This will give you a perfectly cooked, tender salmon.

If you don’t have an instant read thermometer, just cook it until it flakes easily with a fork.

salmon baked in foil, topped with lemon slices

What to Serve with Baked Salmon

Your side dish can be just as simple and delicious as the main star! I like to serve this salmon with rice topped with some fresh parsley, a cooked veggie or a simple salad. One of our favorite side dishes is this Garlic Butter Broccoli, quick and easy to make, because I know life can be straight up crazy busy!!

This salmon may sound like it is an elegant meal (and totally use it for that if you’ve got a candlelight dinner in your future), but it and should be part of your weekly menu!! I hope you are surprised by how easy this is to make and how delicious it is to eat!!

baked salmon topped with lemon slices and parsley on a white serving platter

Recipe for Easy Baked Salmon

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